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Precarious Manhood and Displays of Physical Aggression

Bosson, Jennifer K., Vandello, Joseph A., Burnaford, Rochelle M., Weaver, Jonathan R., Arzu Wasti, S.·2009·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167208331161
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The results of three experiments demonstrate that physically aggressive displays are part of men's cultural script for restoring threatened gender status. In Studies 1 and 2, challenges to men's gender status elicited heightened physically aggressive displays, including punching a pad with greater force and selecting an aggressive boxing activity over a nonaggressive puzzle activity. Study 3 established that a public display of aggressive readiness reduced men's anxiety-related cognitions in the wake of a gender threat. This suggests that aggressive displays may function to downregulate negative affect when manhood has been threatened. The discussion considers past research on gender and physical aggression in light of the authors' thesis that manhood, relative to womanhood, is culturally defined as a precarious status that must be actively, even aggressively, defended.

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Authors
Bosson, J. K., Vandello, J. A., Burnaford, R. M., Weaver, J. R., & Arzu Wasti, S.
Affiliations
  • University of South Florida (US)
  • Sabanci University
Corresponding author
Bosson, Jennifer K.
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-02-06
Volume
35
Issue
5
Pages
623-634
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167208331161
OpenAlex
W2078247707
Cited by
493
References
68
Citations by year
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FWCI
32.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Sabanci University (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
manhood, gender threat, physical aggression, gender status, masculinity, boxing, punch force, anxiety, cultural scripts
MeSH terms
Aggression, Agonistic Behavior, Anxiety, Arousal, Choice Behavior, Gender Identity, Humans, Male, Motivation, Social Dominance, Social Values, Stereotyping, Young Adult

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